As far as we can tell, the logic in this clock is made with resistors, diodes, caps, and neon tubes. The design of this is covered in the creator’s webpage.

While light-emitting diode (LED) products have recently grown in popularity, Braun believed his career was finished. Eventually, he moved to Spokane and met Chris Bovey, who said he has always ...

Instead of using neon tubes, perhaps the gas planar displays Heathkit used in their GC-1005, GC-1092 clocks would be a better choice. In fact they did have a calculator using those same displays.

Before there were bandgaps, voltage references ranged from neon glow tubes to Zener diodes. Paul Rako, with the help of Bob Pease and others, “drifts” back in time to trace their history. Back ...

The owners of the 1958 Felix the Cat sign above Felix Chevrolet near USC recently switched out its lighting from neon to LED, and some neon preservationists are not pleased.According to a petition ...

That aesthetic is slowly vanishing. Light-emitting diode (LED) lighting, more efficient and adaptable, has become the dominant technology of the 21st century. Unlike neon, which requires fragile glass ...

Last year, Mr. Friedman, of Let There Be Neon, got a call from J.J. Hat Center offering him a big antique neon Stetson Hats sign. When he got a good look at it, he was flabbergasted to discover ...